Fairways are receiving their first cut of the year.
You have probably seen this before at HCC...the infamous liners that grow out of the edge of the greens! So what exactly are they? When a new green is built to USGA specs, the native soil is cored out 12 inches deep. This is simply a plastic liner that seperates the sand and native soil surround. In a system like this, the native soil can pull moisture from sand, resulting in wilt along the edges of the green. Liners like these, prevent that from occuring. If the liner isn't 'tucked' properly, freeze/thaw action pushes it out of the ground. Every year, we go around with a utility knife and cut the top of these liners off so they are below the surface and out of sight.
Graden work continues on greens. We have another load of sand being delivered at 7am in the morning which should allow us to finsh by Tuesday afternoon. This will allow us to get back to cleaning the course up for opening day.
Here are a few pictures of mowed fairways. We are mowing light and dark patterns for now. Once the course opens for the season, we will be reverting back to stripes. Due to sand and debris on the fairways, we are only using one mower. This pattern is much faster than stripes, allowing one person to finish the task.
